diff --git a/build/config/CYGWIN b/build/config/CYGWIN
index 3a526958c..177723ff5 100644
--- a/build/config/CYGWIN
+++ b/build/config/CYGWIN
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ SHAREDLIBLINKEXT = .dll
 #
 CFLAGS          = 
 CFLAGS32        =
-CFLAGS64        =
-CXXFLAGS        = -DPOCO_NO_FPENVIRONMENT -DPOCO_NO_WSTRING -DPOCO_NO_SHAREDMEMORY
+CFLAGS64        = 
+CXXFLAGS        = -DPOCO_NO_FPENVIRONMENT -DPOCO_NO_WSTRING -DPOCO_NO_SHAREDMEMORY -Wa,-mbig-obj
 CXXFLAGS32      =
-CXXFLAGS64      =
+CXXFLAGS64      = 
 LINKFLAGS       =
 LINKFLAGS32     =
-LINKFLAGS64     =
+LINKFLAGS64     = 
 STATICOPT_CC    =
 STATICOPT_CXX   =
 STATICOPT_LINK  = -static